Depeche Mode · Black Celebration

World Full of Nothing

World Full of Nothing is in F major at 89.3 beats per minute.

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Tempo

89 BPM · Andantemedian of 139 analyses · 89–89.6 across the middle eight tenths
Key
F major1 flat · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
96%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
139people who ran the extractor
One beat
671.9milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
439.2Hz · -3 cents from A 440
Dynamics
5.65dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.392Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
0.985Essentia's danceability, 0–3

Source: AcousticBrainz, dump of 2022-06-23 (CC0) · MusicBrainz core data, 2026-09-17 (CC0) · how each number is measured. Measured up to 23.06.2022 — AcousticBrainz stopped collecting in 2022, so nothing released after that date is here.

What the numbers say

139 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 96% — put it in F major, a key signature of 1 flat. The tempo printed above is the median of the 139 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 89.3 BPM one beat lasts 671.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 168 ms and a dotted eighth 503.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 44.7 BPM, counted twice as fast 178.6. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 439.2 Hz, which is 3 cents below concert A at 440 Hz — close enough to standard that a tuner would not argue. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 5.65 dB: that is how far the level wanders from its own average, so a small number means a loud, flat master and a large one means a recording that still breathes. Its average loudness is 0.392 on Essentia's 0-to-1 scale, which is not decibels and is not comparable to a streaming service's number.

10 other recordings here are in F major; the ones listed below are the closest in tempo.

Beats per bar are not in this dataset. AcousticBrainz's analysis reports a tempo, a key and a loudness, and no time signature at all, so this page does not print one — a 4/4 here would be a guess dressed as a measurement.

Keys that fit with F major

Each of these differs from F major by at most one accidental, or shares its tonic. That is the whole of what a mixing wheel encodes; here the relations are named instead of numbered.

Delay times at 89 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42687.60.37
Half note21343.80.74
Dotted quarter1.51007.80.99
Quarter note (one beat)1671.91.49
Quarter triplet0.667447.92.23
Dotted eighth0.75503.91.98
Eighth note0.5335.92.98
Eighth triplet0.3332244.47
Dotted sixteenth0.3752523.97
Sixteenth note0.251685.95
Sixteenth triplet0.1671128.93
Thirty-second note0.1258411.91

Half time 44.7 BPM · double time 178.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (671.9 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Scar TissueRed Hot Chili PeppersF major89BPM
  2. The Crystal ShipThe DoorsF major89BPM
  3. Nights on BroadwayBee GeesF major89BPM
  4. All We KnowThe Chainsmokers ft. Phoebe RyanF major90BPM
  5. A ChangeAretha FranklinF major89BPM
  6. All Time LowJon BellionF major90BPM
  7. Tennis CourtLordeF major90BPM
  8. Blueprint²Jay‐ZF major90BPM
  9. LightersBad Meets Evil featuring Bruno MarsF major90BPM
  10. They Don’t Care About UsMichael JacksonF major90BPM

Recordings in F major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 89 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in F majorAll songs at 89 BPMF major at 80–89 BPMDepeche Mode

MusicBrainz collapses 12 recording ids into this one. Recording id 6e287974-6bf7-43e5-8b9a-9802a9160efe.